Unclear Error Appears When Saving Notepad File On NTFS Drive

Last reviewed: August 25, 1995
Article ID: Q135695

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to save a file in Notepad to an NTFS drive with low disk space, the following error message appears:

   <file name>
   The above file name is invalid.

NOTE: This error message is unclear. On a FAT drive with low disk space, the message "There is not enough space on the disk" appears.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbtool kbui kbbug3.51
KBSubcategory: ntui ntutil
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.51 hd text txt

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Last reviewed: August 25, 1995
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